任重而道远 Our Responsibility Is Heavy（1/1）
西奥多·罗斯福 / Theodore Roosevelt
西奥多·罗斯福（1858—1919），共和党人，美国总统，毕业于哈佛大学。曾组织志愿骑兵团参加美西战争，1900年任副总统，次年麦金利总统遇刺身亡，继任总统，时年42岁。任期内推出多项改革，以“改革家”面貌治国，对外则实行“大棒”政策。
Practicg for Better Learng
Listen to the follog article ice, and fillthe bnks with appropriate words.
1.We have not been ________ to fight for our existence agast any alien rad yet our life has called for the vigor and effort without which the anlier and hardier ________ wither away.
2.We t show not onlyour words, butour deeds, that we are ________desiro of securg their good will by actg toward thea spirit of jt and________________of all their rights.
My fellow-citizens, no people oh have ore cae to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently,no spirit of boastfulnessour own strength, but with gratitude to the Giver of Good who has blessedwith the nditions which have eo achieve se a asure of well-beg and of happess.Toa people it has been grao y the foundations of our national lifea ent.We are the heirs of the ages, a we have had to pay few of the penalties whichold untries are exacted by the dead hand of a bygone civilization.We have not been obliged to fight for our existence agast any alien rad yet our life has called for the vigor and effort without which the anlier and hardier virtues wither away.Under suditions it would be our own fault if we failed and the suess which we have hadthe past, the suess which we ly believe the future will brg, should caeno feelg of vaglory, but rather a deep and abidg realization of all which life has offereda full aowledgnt of the responsibility which is ours and a fixed deteration to show that under a free governnt a ighty peoplethrive best, alike as regards the thgs of the body and the thgs of the soul.
Much has been given to , and uch will rightfully be expected fro .We have duties to others and duties to ourselves and weshirk her.We have bee a great nation, forced by the fact of its greato retions with the other nations of the earth, a behave as be-sees a people with such responsibilities.Toward all other nations, rge and sall, our attitude t be one of rdial and scere friendship.We t show not onlyour words, butour deeds, that we are early desiro of securg their good will by actg toward thea spirit of jt and geion of all their rights.But jtid generositya nation, asan dividual, unt ost when shown not by the weak but by the strong.While ever careful to refra frdog others, we t be no less sistent than we are ned ourselves.We wish peace, but we wish it becae we thk it is right and not becae we are afraid.No weak nation that acts anfully and jtly should ever have cae to fear , and n power should ever be able to sgleout as a subject for solent aggression.